POTSDAM  On Tuesday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said that New York needs more jobs and better education, and he suggested that linking jobs more directly to education is the key to an improved economy.

Mr. Cuomo pitched his State of the State and executive budget proposals at Clarkson University with an almost singular focus on continuing his push for economic development, especially in upstate New York.

We are an entrepreneurial state, Mr. Cuomo said. Jobs and education are the engine of economic development.

His $142.6 million executive budget would increase state spending by 2 percent and boost school aid by 4.4 percent, to $21 billion.

All of this would be accomplished without a tax increase, Mr. Cuomo said.

You cant keep taxing business, he said. We have the lowest middle-class tax rates in 50 years ... but we still have much to do.

New York must stem the flow of businesses and skilled workers from its regions, Mr. Cuomo said.

If you want to grow the economy, you have to grow each of the regions economies, too, he said.

Mr. Cuomo supports the transfer of research and technology from college laboratories and classrooms to small-business incubators. The nascent companies would receive tax incentives to remain in their area of origin.